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Microsoft's commitment to closing the rural broadband gap with a significant infrastructure boost. ‘Microsoft Airband Initiative’ plan to get broadband in rural areas.

The USMCA needs to be ratified by lawmakers in all three countries, and in the U.S., it will almost certainly be taken up by the next Congress.

A Washington state federal judge ruled that the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers made a “serious procedural error” by reinstating the pre-2015 WOTUS.

Farm Bill 2018 negotiators from the House and Senate announced they’ve reached an “agreement in principle” and working to finalize the specific language and costs.

USDA’s latest steer and heifer grading report shows carcasses grading Prime accounted for 9.6% of all cattle graded, with another 71% grading Choice.

2019 could be better for the dairy industry, with the potential for a Class III milk price over $17 per hundredweight by late-summer and perhaps $18 by the fourth quarter.

First three quarters of 2018, export value to Taiwan had nearly matched last year's record of $410 million, but by year's end, are expected to exceed $500 million.

A big problem in the U.S. is food waste. It is the single largest category of material sent to municipal landfills. The need to better educate the U.S. on the importance of reducing food waste.

**The buzz continues over getting a Farm Bill done before year end.
American Farm Bureau Federation’s Andrew Walmsley and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Colin Woodall both say they remain optimistic.
But, Farm Journal’s Jim Wiese…

Bill Gates says he toured a Tanzania's Yara fertilizer warehouse and is excited about the farmers using fertilizer and the positive impact it would have.